HOWveraCity HELPS YOU

WHYveraCity CAN WORK FOR YOU

veraCity, LLC is owned and operated by two seasoned, Glenwood Springs based Land Use Planning and Project Management professionals, Ellie Caryl and Andrew McGregor.

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We each have over three decades of experience working for local governments and the private sector.

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We know and appreciate the varied communities of the Eagle, Roaring Fork and Colorado River valleys and respect that each has its own processes and goals. We've collaborated with a wide range of citizens, elected officials, developers, property owners and agencies in the region and can put our knowledge and experience to work for you.

We are a small firm with an interest in keeping costs reasonable for our Clients, and working in close collaboration to define goals, schedule and budget.

We work with a network of GIS mapping, graphics, engineering, surveying and legal professionals that we can partner with on a client’s behalf to deliver a useful and accurate product.

WHO IS veraCity

ANDREW MCGREGOR

ELLIE CARYL

Andrew’s career in public sector land use planning has spanned more than three decades, including 19 years with the City of Glenwood Springs, Colorado as the Community Development Director, and previously as a planner with the City of Glenwood Springs and Garfield County, Colorado, and with Coconino and Mohave counties in Arizona.

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Since leaving the public sector in 2016, Andrew has been self-employed working for private clients and as administrator of a local metropolitan district. Andrew co-founded veraCity, LLC in 2018 with Ellie Caryl.

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Andrew’s extensive experience includes:

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Comprehensive and neighborhood planning

Development review, zoning adjustment and design review

Land use, design and zoning code draft regulations and implementation

Annexation analysis

Meeting organization and facilitation

Management overseeing multiple departments and employees

Liaison to numerous councils and commissions, boards and citizen committees

Municipal trail planning and construction

Budget development and management

Capital and Capacity grant writing

Attainable housing regulations and programs

Historic preservation regulations and programs

Floodplain administration

Recreation and airport department oversight

OUR PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

American Planning Association - Colorado Chapter

Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals

American Trails

Glenwood Springs Chamber Resort Association

Ellie’s career experience includes a mix of public and private sector, most recently serving as the ECO Trails Program Manager of Eagle County, Colorado for 19 years before co-founding veraCity, LLC in 2018. While with ECO Trails, Ellie generated $3.7 million in grant funding, lead construction of 17 miles of county-owned trail projects and completed an additional 19 miles of pre-construction trail planning.

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Previously, Ellie held public sector Current Planner or Long-Range Planner positions with Eagle County and Town of Minturn, Colorado and the City of Flagstaff, Arizona as well as private sector positions with planning and development consulting firms in Colorado and Arizona.